these are days
Saturday, April 02, 2005
well you told me so
that we'd seen this all before
so what is it (that) keeps us coming back for more?
i'll hold a light for you to see
all things in time, all you'll ever need
- all things in time, toad the wet sprocket
i was with my relatives (father's side) til the wee hours of the morning yesterday.
it started out as a surprise (or as a cousin of mine would say, 'suprise!') dinner for the 5oth birthday of my dad's sister. feeling that the party was 'bitin' after 3 hours of being with each other, the cousins and some of the older ones (my dad's siblings) transferred to the reyes-pante house.
gathering around the living room, people suddenly felt nostalgic. an uncle of ours started telling embarassing stories of our past -- from the ridiculous to the censored. (mine was the laughing pissing 3 year old -- i'll tell you about it if ever you mention it to me.) we were laughing so hard. it felt like i was this kid again, climbing up the monkey bars, sliding down the lamp post, running around the house, playing monopoly, getting candies for holloween, and on and on.
realizing it now, it was great being a kid in that family.
if you told this to me 10 years ago that we'd be hanging out like this, i wouldn't believe you. we had a tumultuous past and i wasn't hoping for this to happen again. but it did and it does.
i now know that even if there is a mundane facet to family reunions, i wouldn't trade it for the world. i would definitely be coming back for more.
posted by lex @ 2:02 PM,
